Starches

Starches are bread, grains, cereal, pasta, and starchy vegetables like corn and potatoes. They provide carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Whole grain starches are healthier because they have more vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

Eat some starches at each meal. Eating starches is healthy for everyone, including people with diabetes.

Examples of starches include:

Bread

Potatoes

Tortillas

Pasta

Rice

Beans

Corn

Crackers

Lentils

Pretzels

Cereal

How much is a serving of starch?

If you have more than one serving at a meal, you can choose several different starches or have two or three servings of one starch.

Print out this chart. Then fill in the blanks with how many servings of starch to have at meals and snacks.

1. How many servings of grains, cereals, pasta, and starchy vegetables (starches) do you now eat each day? I eat _____ starch servings each day.
2. Check how many servings of starches to have each day in the section on "How much should I eat each day.
I will eat _____ starch servings each day.
3. I will eat this many servings of starches at